The Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York serves as the tax-exempt sponsor of this award, in partnership with The New York Times Community Affairs Department and the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers.
Additional financial and in-kind support is provided by the Surdna Foundation, RSM McGladrey, Inc, Fund for the City of New York, Columbia Business School's Institute for Not-for-Profit Management, The New York Community Trust, the Altman Foundation and The Clark Foundation.